Neuroscience in Biological Technology

Blackrock Microsystems Obtains Expanded 510(k) to Market NeuroPort System

... enhanced NeuroPort System offers physicians and neuroscience researchers richer data related to spatial and ... marketer in intelligent microsystems that aid neuroscience researchers and physicians in the development of ... a broad range of neural monitoring equipment to neuroscience researchers worldwide. Additional information is ...

NeuroFocus Names John Polich, World-Renowned Scientist in Brain Function and Cognition, to Head Global NeuroLab Operations

... Research Institute's Molecular and Integrated neuroscience Department (MIND), where he has long been ... NeuroFocus is the market leader in bringing neuroscience to the world of advertising, marketing, product ... leverages doctorate-level academic expertise in neuroscience and marketing from Berkeley, MIT , Harvard , ...

TRIDELITY Display Solutions Partners With Two Of The World's Leading Imaging Software Companies

... to Showcase Imaging and Visualization Software at neuroscience 2008 Jersey City, NJ ... 3D Displays will be showcased at the neuroscience 2008 conference in Washington DC, November 15 ... is the 38th annual meeting of the Society for neuroscience and the world's largest source of emerging news ...

Swedish in Seattle Unveils State-of-the-Art Brain Tumor Center Combining Advanced Treatment With Innovation in Research

... as CABTT are an important part of the Swedish neuroscience Institute's strategy to provide ... technologies. As part of the Swedish neuroscience Institute located on Swedish Medical Center's ... brain cancer. About the Swedish neuroscience Institute In 2004, Swedish Medical Center ...

Swedish Neuroscience Institute and Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle Form Alliance to Learn More about Brain Diseases

... http://www.swedish.org About the Swedish neuroscience Institute In 2004, Swedish Medical Center expanded its neuroscience services by establishing the Swedish neuroscience Institute. The team of leading neurosurgeons and ...

Marinus Pharmaceuticals Appoints John Krayacich as President and Chief Executive Officer

... development with 13 years focused on neuroscience diseases. Most recently, he was with Novartis ... and vice president and global head of neuroscience project management. "We are pleased that John ... planning and/or launch of more than seven neuroscience and cardiovascular compounds including ...

QED International Associates Announces Changes to the HealthShares(TM) Composite, HealthShares(TM) Cancer and HealthShares(TM) Neuroscience Indexes

... ) will replace MGI Pharma in the HealthShares(TM) neuroscience Index. The Composite Index consists of the 80 ... Companies included in the HealthShares(TM) neuroscience Index are engaged in the research, clinical ... Laboratories, Ltd. in the HealthShares(TM) neuroscience Index will be identical to those of companies ...

Amarin Provides Business Update and Announces Implementation of Reverse Stock Split

... Partnering The Company's combined neuroscience and cardiovascular pipelines offer a number of ... program; and 3) European partnering for neuroscience programs. Management Team In recent quarters ... Amarin intends to directly commercialize its neuroscience products in the United States via its own ...

Sangamo BioSciences Announces ZFP Therapeutic Data From Nerve Regeneration Program at Society for Neuroscience Meeting

... Therapeutic(TM) program in nerve regeneration at neuroscience 2007, the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for ... and thereby tissue repair. Data Reported in the neuroscience 2007 Presentation Dr. Fehlings and his ... in Neural Repair and Regeneration at the Krembil neuroscience Center, Toronto Western Hospital and the Division ...

iZumi Bio and Pierian Merge to Form iPierian to Advance Cellular Reprogramming

... Institute, Evan Rauch Professor of Neuroscience, co-founder of the Wills neuroscience Institute, and head of the division of neurobiology. Dr. Goodman also is ... Institute of Neurological Disease, and a professor of Neurology and neuroscience at UCSF. His research focuses on processes that result in memory loss and ...

Independent Study Corroborates Prana's Strategy to Treat Alzheimer's Disease Patients.

... - Journal of neuroscience paper describes role of Zinc in developing Alzheimer's - MELBOURNE, ... and cause cognitive loss. The study, published in the Journal of neuroscience showed that the release of zinc from synapses is critical for Abeta to ...

ArunA Biomedical, Inc. Announces Alliance with Neuromics for Distribution of Normal Human Neural Cells

... opportunity for us. Their hN2(TM) cells fill a stated research need of the neuroscience Community and we look forward to our customers having these cells and the ... in human embryonic stem cell research for use in drug discovery and neuroscience research. Founded in 2003, Neuromics is a privately held Bio-regents ...

Plexon Inc Delivers 500th "Harvey Box" : 25 Years of Neural Data Acquisition and Analysis Leads to 500th System Sale

... other innovations for neurophysiology research. "A passion for neuroscience research, innovative product development, and dedicated customer support ... Plexon now employs 25 people in Dallas, Texas, serving more than 400 neuroscience research labs, hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies. For more ...

Neurofocus Appoints Stephen Kosslyn to Its Advisory Board

... About NeuroFocus NeuroFocus Inc. is the market leader in bringing neuroscience knowledge and expertise to the world of advertising, marketing, product ... The company leverages Doctorate-level academic credentials in neuroscience and marketing from Berkeley, MIT, Harvard, and the Hebrew University ...

Inaugural Kavli Prize ceremony and symposia: Sept. 8-11 (Oslo, Norway)

... Acclaimed scientists in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience will give lectures throughout the week. Note: The award ceremony, ... "Nanoscience and Biotechnology: Making Nanotechnology Practical" neuroscience (alphabetically listed) Per Andersen (University of Oslo, Norway). ...

St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital to Add CyberKnife System to Treatment Offerings

... System to further expand treatment offerings for its nationally recognized neuroscience Center program. The CyberKnife System will be installed in a newly ... in Houston, and only one of four hospitals in Texas, to be named a neuroscience Center of Excellence by NeuStrategy, Inc. "The addition of the ...

Transcept Pharmaceuticals Appoints Key Senior Executives

... management team at Transcept," said Mr. Oclassen. "Terry's extensive neuroscience marketing and sales management experience will be a tremendous asset to ... prior to joining Transcept, Mr. Moore served as Vice President of the neuroscience Therapeutic Area for Organon Biosciences and was responsible for the ...

NeuroFocus Chief Science Advisor Wins Humboldt Prize

... of California at Berkeley. He also holds the Evan Rauch Professor of neuroscience chair and is a faculty member in the university's Psychology Department. ... The company leverages Doctorate-level academic credentials in neuroscience and marketing from Berkeley, MIT, Harvard, and the Hebrew University ...

Abbott Scientists Present a New Approach for Treating Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

... disease," said James Sullivan, Ph.D., divisional vice president, neuroscience Discovery, Abbott. "We are very encouraged with the results of our ADHD ... * Effects of ABT-089 on Heart Rate and Blood Pressure in Adults Abbott neuroscience Portfolio Building on the company's strong scientific foundation in ...

QED International Associates Announces Changes to the HealthShares(TM) Autoimmune-Inflammation and Neuroscience Indexes

... ) will also replace Aspreva Pharmaceutical, Inc. in the HealthShares(TM) neuroscience Index. Aspreva Pharmaceutical is being acquired by Galencia Group (SWX: ... multiple sclerosis, psoriasis and lupus. Companies included in the neuroscience Index are engaged in the research, clinical development and/or ...

Anavex advances drug candidate for treatment of Alzheimer's disease

... a novel mechanism of action. Published results were presented at the neuroscience 2007 conference in San Diego, California, and are available at ... pathways. "We are excited by the data that was presented at the neuroscience 2007 conference regarding the neuroprotective and anti-amnesic properties ...

Microfluidic chambers advance the science of growing neurons

... Lab on a Chip. This finding will be very positively greeted by the neuroscience community, said Martha Gillette, who is an author on the study and the ... Sweedler and Gillette are affiliates of the Beckman Institute and the neuroscience Program. Sweedler is a professor in the Bioengineering Program and ...

SK Life Sciences has Licensed Pristima

... energy and chemical company in Korea, has been engaged in the innovative discovery and development of novel therapeutic compounds in the field of neuroscience in order to treat CNS disorders including epilepsy, depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, and other neurodegenerative disorders. ...

Solace Pharmaceuticals Appoints Professor David Julius, Renowned Pain Physiologist, to Scientific Advisory Board

... career. He has twice received awards from The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience, and in 2007, he was awarded the Edward M. Scolnick Prize in neuroscience from The McGovern Institute for Brain Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Julius has published widely in Nature, Cell, ...

Sumavel(TM) DosePro(TM) (sumatriptan injection) Approved by FDA for Acute Migraine and Cluster Headache: First Product Featuring Novel DosePro Needle-Free Delivery System

... Emeryville and San Diego, Calif., is a privately held pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of medicines to treat neuroscience disorders and pain. The company's initial focus is the commercialization of Sumavel DosePro. Zogenix submitted a New Drug Application with the U.S. ...

iZumi Bio Appoints Dr. Corey Goodman to Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board

... faculty at Berkeley, he was an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Evan Rauch Professor of Neuroscience, co-founder of the Wills neuroscience Institute, and head of the Division of Neurobiology. Dr. Goodman was elected a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the ...

Clinical Pharmacology Study With AZILECT(R) (Rasagiline Tablets) Demonstrated It Does Not Increase Tyramine Sensitivity

... to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at the time of AZILECT approval. The results of this study have been submitted to FDA, and Teva neuroscience intends to work with FDA to appropriately incorporate these results into the label for AZILECT. About the Study The tyramine trial was a ...

Pharma and Biotech Companies Plug into Singapore's Integrated Research Network

... with Singapore's Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI); Lilly Singapore Centre for Drug Discovery (LSCDD) teaming up with Singapore's National neuroscience Institute (NNI), and the Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS) to advance drug discovery using adult brain tumor stem cells. ...

Orexigen(R) Therapeutics Announces Jay Hagan as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy

... the bioengineering labs at Genzyme and Advanced Tissue Sciences. He received an M.B.A. at Northeastern University and a B.S. in Physiology and neuroscience from the University of California, San Diego . About Orexigen Therapeutics Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company ...

Dr. Susan Weinschenk, Chief of Technical Staff and Services, Speaks on Neuro Web Design at 'Persuasive Technologies 2009 Conference' and 'Voices That Matter Web Design Conference'

... and critiqued on media venues and social networks around the world. Neuro Web Design applies research on motivation, decision-making, and neuroscience to the design of Web sites, and is highly related to PET design (TM) , HFI's proprietary new approach to web design. PET design builds on a ...

CeNeRx BioPharma Awarded New Patent for its Innovative Compounds That Selectively Target Peripheral Cannabinoid Receptors

... other programs." CeNeRx obtained exclusive worldwide rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize its cannabinoid compounds from PharmaNess neuroscience in Italy. The collaboration between CeNeRx and PharmaNess also includes drug discovery efforts aimed at further expanding the cannabinoid portfolio. ...

VisualSonics to Sell Mauna Kea Technologies' Cellvizio(R) LAB on a Worldwide Basis to Animal Imaging Market

... and events, in real-time, without disturbing the natural environment in which they take place. Cellvizio LAB is currently used by world-leading neuroscience research institutions in various applications including neurological research of the deep brain and peripheral nerves, especially in the research of ...

Shire and GlaxoSmithKline Enter Agreement to Co-promote VYVANSE(R) (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) CII for the Treatment of Adults With ADHD

... benefit from this agreement." "GSK has been active in discovering and developing medicines to treat psychiatric disorders for decades, and neuroscience is one of the company's key therapeutic categories," said Deirdre Connelly, President, GlaxoSmithKline North American Pharmaceuticals. "Our ...

Otonomy Introduces Scientific Advisory Board

... to reverse sensory hair cell loss in the cochlea. He joined the faculty of Harvard Medical School after completing his postdoctoral work in sensory neuroscience at The Rockefeller University . Dr. Heller earned a Ph.D. from Johannes Gutenberg University and conducted doctoral research at the Max-Planck ...

PAREXEL Experts to Address Benefits of Rigorous Early Phase Development at Annual ASCPT Meeting

... Dr. Franke will address the use of pain modeling in early development and advantages of combining traditional pharmacodynamic methods with relevant neuroscience biomarkers to achieve the goal of alleviating pain and related symptoms. Dr. Franke will discuss how this approach to enhance exploration of safety ...

Mouse study reveals genetic component of empathy

... is, can the mouse identify the emotions of another animal as a predictor of environmental cues?" says Garet Lahvis, a professor of behavioral neuroscience at OHSU. "The social strain learned from the distressed mouse that the tone predicted distress. The nonsocial strain couldn't make that ....

Neuralstem to Present at the 11th Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference

... in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University researchers, and also reversed paralysis in rats with Ischemic Spastic Paraplegia, as reported in neuroscience on June 29, 2007, in collaboration with researchers at University of California San Diego . ...

Neuralstem Receives Final Notice of Allowance for New Stem Cell Immortalization Technology Patent

... in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University researchers, and also reversed paralysis in rats with Ischemic Spastic Paraplegia, as reported in neuroscience on June 29, 2007, in collaboration with researchers at University of California San Diego . Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking ...

Clarus Ventures Names Two New Partners

... of Ophthalmology at Stanford . Dr. Cunningham received his M.D. and M.P.H. degrees from Johns Hopkins University and his Ph.D. degree in neuroscience from the University of California at San Diego . He completed his residency in ophthalmology and his fellowship training in corneal disease and ...

St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center to Utilize Clinical InfoNET System for Physicians

... severely ill and injured in the community. St. Joseph's is home to Barrow Neurological Institute, which is annually recognized as one of the top 10 neuroscience centers in the nation, and the Children's Health Center, which offers a full range of specialty pediatric services. Other centers include the Heart ...